News at Assiniboine

Kooshoom Gutlea, a recent ACC GIS graduate, was presented yesterday with the Manitoba GIS Users Group (MGUG) 2014 Excellence in GIS Education Research Award. Gutlea was recognized for her capstone project titled Climate Impact on Jack Pine Budworm Population Outbreak in Sandilands Provincial Forest.

ACC is celebrating, having recently wrapped up the last ceremony in a series of summer nursing graduations that took place across the province.

Students in ACC's Early Childhood Education program hosted their annual Mud Day yesterday, welcoming the community for a day of fun in the mud.

On Friday, September 12, the college welcomed students from four Brandon elementary schools along with local dignitaries and staff from Communities in Bloom and the Canadian National Railway for a tree planting ceremony.

Student success is at the heart of a new collaborative agreement signed today between Brandon University (BU) and ACC, a partnership to explore new courses, research opportunities and student mobility between the two institutions.

Nine children (grades 6 to 8) demonstrated their carpentry skills during the free two-week Youth Carpentry Camp hosted at Assiniboine Community College’s North Hill Campus.

ACC is pleased to announce that 100 per cent of this year’s practical nursing spring graduates have passed the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Exam.

ACC will be offering a new advanced diploma in Sustainable Food Systems starting this September in Brandon.

A recent survey shows that a large majority of ACC graduates secure employment shortly after receiving their diplomas and certificates.

Forty-one students from ACC's Adult Collegiate received their mature student high school diplomas at a ceremony on Saturday, June 21.